Age and Sex Effects on the Active Stiffness of Vastus Intermedius under Isometric Contraction

Table 4

Multiway ANOVA showed significant main effects of percentage of MVC level on VI shear modulus. The post hoc Bonferroni comparisons results showed the details of the relationships among these levels.

Percentage of MVC	Post hoc comparisons results
0%	<30%–100%, < 0.05
10%	<40%–100%, < 0.005
20%	<50%–100%, < 0.001
30%	>0%, < 0.05; <50%–100%, < 0.05
40%	>0%–10%, < 0.005; <60%–100%, < 0.001
50%	>0%–30%, < 0.05; <70%–100%, < 0.001
60%	>0%–40%, < 0.001; <80%–100%, < 0.001
70%	>0%–50%, < 0.001; <80%–100%, < 0.05
80%	>0%–70%, < 0.05; <90%–100%, < 0.005
90%	>0%–80%, < 0.005; <100%, < 0.001
100%	>0%–90%, < 0.001